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Boundaries of Belief
The Development of Dogma: A Systematic Account by guy mansini, o.s.b. catholic university of america, 192 pages, $29.95 The development of doctrine is a notion more frequently invoked than...
Thomists in the Wilderness
The Thomistic Response to the Nouvelle Théologieedited by jon kirwan andtranslated by matthew k. minerdthe catholic university of america, 406 pages, $34.95 Exactly a century ago, in his encyclical...
Great Scot
Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotusby thomas m. wardangelico, 174 pages, $26 Rodney Dangerfield famously claimed to get no respect, but in fact he was admired...
Doubting Thomas
The Failure of Natural Theology:A Critical Appraisal of the Philosophical Theology of Thomas Aquinasby Jeffrey D. JohnsonFree Grace, 247 pages, $40 H. L. Mencken famously defined Puritanism as “the...
Keep It Simple
God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonismby william lane craigoxford, 280 pages, $88 Mathematics appears to describe a realm of entities with quasi-divine attributes. The series...
Soul Proprietor
Are We Bodies or Souls?by richard swinburne oxford, 208 pages, $19.95 In the history of Western thought, two conceptions of the soul have competed for dominance, one associated with...
Why Is There Anything At All? It’s Simple
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Fifty Shades of Nothing
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Kurzweil’s Phantasms
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil Viking, 352 pages, $27.95 What goes into making a human mind? Two key elements, distinguished...
A Christian Hart, a Humean Head
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Conflict Resolution
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga Oxford, 376 pages, $27.95 “Naturalism” is a slippery term. In one common usage, it is the methodological...
Aristotle, Call Your Office
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Not Understanding Nothing
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by lawrence m. krauss free press, 204 pages, $24.99 A critic might reasonably question the arguments for a...
Scientia ad Absurdum
The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions by Alex Rosenberg W. W. Norton, 368 pages, $25.95 The Atheist’s Guide to Reality is refreshingly and ruthlessly consistent. It...
Ancient Destinations, Modern Journeys
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 422 pages, $28 n People saying things: That is all that the history of philosophy is,...
